1. Ethical Related Reflective Practice and YOU
ICB 2017
Brenda J. Barnwell
DSW, LCSW, CADC, MAC, MISA I
Aurora University
Joi Counseling Center

2. Clinicians must balance ethics of the profession and current practice developments.
Attendees will examine personal and professional influences.
By reflecting on morals, values, and ethics, an insight oriented approach will be enriched.
By exploring ethical dilemma resolution frameworks, participants will create a plan for future use.

3. Objectives Participants will:
increase self-awareness and an understanding of the interplay of personal values and professional behavior,
enable participants to increase their ability to recognize ethical dilemmas, and
develop a resolution framework that is practical in the professional environment.

4. Need a FRAME OF REFERENCE
Favorite experience
Most memorable experience
Personal
Favorite case
Most memorable case
Professional

5. Two step process of reflection
The process is a two step process.
THE PROCESS
THE META PROCESS

6. What is reflective practice?
Methods and techniques to purposefully reflect on experiences and actions in order to engage in a process of continuous learning.
Enables recognition of the paradigms, as well as the
assumptions,
frameworks,
patterns of thought, and
behaviors
that shape our thinking and action.

7. Broader Questions Explore broader questions, such as:
What are the paradigms that shape not just our own actions, but development as a whole?
How does our position relate to the assumptions we make? Are these constructive or destructive to our goals?
How are our goals themselves limited by our paradigms?

8. Gain Purposeful reflection and personal inquiry
nurture greater self-awareness,
imagination, and
creativity.
Use non-linear modes of thinking and analysis.

9. TO UNDERSTAND 1. Reflection and reflective practice
2. Mistakes between learning and damage
3. Rationality, intuition and mistakes our work

10. Learning, Monitoring, Evaluating
Addressing issues of:
position,
conflict,
resistance,
relationships,
power
organizational change, and
capacity for development.
DIRECTLY

11. ERA Cycle Experience – what happens to the people Reflection
– processes enabling people to learn from these experiences
Action
– undertaken because of the new perspective

12. Reflection on mistakes and failures
How can we turn from reflexivity as an abstraction to a reflective practice in health and social services?
Move beyond knee jerk responses
Move into a purposeful response
Reflection on mistakes and failures is a promising to develop strategies for the reinforcement of professional skills for US and OTHERS.

13. Ethics-related reflection-in-action = three elements.
Knowledge
Transparency
Process
“Clearly, reflective practice should extend to ethics.”
— Frederic G. Reamer, PhD, is a professor in the graduate program of the School of Social Work, Rhode Island College.

14. Knowledge
Skillful management of many ethical dilemmas requires knowledge of core concepts and prevailing standards.
Relevant
codes of ethics,
agency policies,
statutes, and
regulations.

15. Transparency Sense an ethical issue
Share concern with supervisors, colleagues, and appropriate administrators.
An effective way to protect clients and practitioners alike is to avoid any suggestion that the ethical issue is being handled “in the dark.”
Such clarity demonstrates good faith efforts to manage ethical dilemmas responsibly.
When appropriate, clients should be included in the conversation.

16. Ethical Challenges
Ethical challenges come in all kinds of shapes and sizes.
Three broad groups.
Genuine dilemma
Misconduct
Category of the Case

17. Definitions
autonomy (i.e., respect for the right of self-determination)
beneficence (i.e., the obligation of members of the profession to help others)
confidentiality (i.e., preventing disclosure of information received in the context of a professional relationship)
fidelity (i.e., keeping one's promises)
justice (i.e., offering fair and equal treatment to all)
nonmaleficience (i.e., the obligation to "do no harm")
privacy (i.e., respecting people's personal decisions about when and what information to provide about themselves)
veracity (i.e., truthfulness).

18. Identify the ethical dilemma.
Best Practices
Identify the ethical dilemma.
Know professional guidelines and be pro-active not re-active
Define issues and ascertain clashing values.
Cultural, societal, religious
Engage in supervision.
If need more time
Post-test and Retrospective test

19. Best Practices continues
Brainstorm ALL possible decisions.
Identify pros and cons to various decisions.
In terms of advantages and disadvantages to those involved
Document!
Decide on the best decision and act on it.

20. Most Important Step
Document

21. Summary Reflection Meta Reflection Learn, Monitor, Evaluate
Experience, Reflect, and Act
Knowledge, Transparency, Process
Types of Dilemmas: Genuine dilemma, Misconduct, and Category of the Case
Decision Making Model

22. References
Clarke, P. & Oswald, K. (2010) Reflecting Collectively on Capacities for Change, April 2010, Volume 41 Issue 3. doi: /j x
Institute of Development Studies

23. Moon, J. A., (2004). A Handbook of Reflective and Experiential Learning: Theory and Practice. Routledge Falmer. London.
Schon, D. (1983). The Reflective Practitioner: How Professionals Think in Action.